Zhu Yuan suddenly asked, and a group of girls of all sizes looked at each other.

After a moment, the eyes of all the women focused on one.

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, the girl in the green dress blinked a few times with her big eyes, knelt down as soon as her body became weak, and muttered to the ground: "Slave...... Slave ......"

Zhu Yuan asked, "What are you shouting...... What? ”

The girl was so frightened that her body began to tremble, and after a pause, she whispered, "She...... Sacrifice ......"

Zhu Yuan: "......"

The blank space next to him has already accosted: "The petty official is the head of the family, how can you call the housekeeper, you should call the adult." ”

The girl on the ground immediately changed her words: "My lord, my lord, the slave is wrong." ”

Sheren, similar to another famous 'Yanei', is the name of the children of wealthy families.

The key is the 'children'.

If Zhu Yuan had a son, he could call him Sheren, but at the moment when he himself was, there were no elders above, at least not on the surface, so it would not be right to call Sheren.

Well......

The problem is that Zhu Yuan looked at the girl in green who had begun to cry on the ground again.

Is this what you just asked?

You've all strayed me, haven't you?!

Grabbing his hair, Zhu Yuan saw a group of people around him with different expressions, but they were basically aimed at the girl on the ground, only the corners of Luo Shui's mouth, which was still standing on the scale, were slightly hooked. Luo Shui is extremely smart, and he is an interpreter flower, obviously understands what the problem is, but he just looks at the lively expression, and he doesn't break it.

Helplessly waving his hand to signal Luo Shui to go down, Zhu Yuan said to the girl in green: "Make a mistake, get up." ”

The girl in green raised her face, with teary eyes, to confirm that she had heard correctly, and quickly wiped her eyes, but she didn't dare to get up for a while.

Zhu Yuan could only say: "Come, get to the pound, I'll take a look." ”

Only then did he get up and step on the scales tremblingly, but the tears were still falling.

Zhu Yuan fiddled with the scales and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The girl in green wiped her eyes again and said softly, "Slave...... The surname is Lu, the land of the land. ”

And then there was no follow-up.

Zhu Yuan understood, and he was nameless, so he glanced at the girl's eyes that were still crying, thought about it, and said with a smile: "If you love to cry so much, it's called Shuishui, Lu Shuishui." ”

The girl in green was stunned, and then knelt down on the scale: "Thank you...... Adults give names. ”

Zhu Yuan looked at the ruler that was jumping up and down because of the girl's movements, shook his head and said, "Get up, the scales are messed up for you." ”

Hurriedly got up.

Zhu Yuan continued to fiddle and looked around: "Slowly, shout again, I'll find out which one it is." ”

So he shouted again.

This time, Zhu Yuan heard a voice and immediately pointed over, this is a girl in red, who should be over 20 years old, with low eyebrows and a smooth appearance, was pointed over, and suddenly showed a panicked expression.

Zhu Yuan didn't want to kneel down again, so he said directly: "Come, say." ”

Lu Shuishui, who understood that he was 'innocent' and had just got his name, reluctantly walked down, rubbed a few times, and wanted to walk to Zhu Yuan's side, but when he saw the blank cat's eyes, he stopped, but he didn't want to go away.

The girl in red and the girl in green weighed about the same, and Zhu Yuan flicked the weight twice to get the result, but didn't say anything, just asked, "What's your name?" ”

The girl in red also whispered: "Cheng." ”

When I opened my mouth blankly, I felt that I was being pulled, and when I saw that it was freehand next to me, it became a mouth.

Zhu Yuan looked up at the past.

The girl in red noticed that she was a little tall, so she took the initiative to bow down and kneel on the scale, raised her fair face, and gently called a certain title.

Zhu Yuan: "......"

Raising his hand and gently scraping the tip of the girl in red's nose, Zhu Yuan smiled: "Deliberately, little goblin, well, no, your age is a big goblin among them." The name is called Shanshan," he said, glancing at the girl in green who was still next to the scale: "You two, one Shanshan, one Shuishui." ”

The girl in red immediately leaned down to thank her.

Zhu Yuan waited for her to get up, but she didn't finish, she still smiled and said, "Punish you for accompanying me tonight," and turned to the girl in green: "And you, mountains and rivers, of course we want to be together." ”

When the two girls heard their little master say this, they began to tremble together again, and agreed again and again.

The group around was all with envious expressions.

Is this a punishment?

If so, they want to be punished, too.

That's right.

I remembered the reason for the incident, oh, the name problem.

After Zhu Yuan finished speaking, he drove the freshly baked Cheng Shanshan down and ordered: "Come one by one and see if you have reached the 100 catties of Qingniang." ”

Who the little official wants to choose tonight, Qingniang doesn't dare to have an opinion, but why do you remember just now?

So I looked at it even more resentfully.

Here one by one, there is another girl who is about the same size as Qingniang, but it is not 100 pounds.

It was lively, and it was already dark in the blink of an eye.

Freehand reminded that it was time to have dinner, and when he saw a group of people of all sizes who were reluctant, Zhu Yuan said together.

Then, in the dining room, Zhu Yuan sat at the dining table alone, and there was a room full of people standing around, and he was full at a glance.

Delicious and delicious.

The problem is, this really can't be used as a meal, so it can only be sent out again.

After dinner, Zhu Yuan was accompanied by Qingniang and Luo Shui to the main house, and cleaned up the dishes quickly.

In the small kitchen in the southeast of the courtyard, he personally cleaned the dishes of his own little officials, sent away the warm lady freehand, and said to Lin Xiaoyu, who was also leaving: "Prepare the fish, and keep vigil with me at night." ”

Lin Xiaoyu's eyes blinked, looked at the blank space that began to open his mouth again, nodded with a smile, and walked out first.

Freehand checked the tableware again, then looked at the blank space next to him, and said: "Those women, I don't know if they are really cooked, fish...... You picked it, and you also know it, let her accompany it, feel at ease. ”

Blank suddenly remembered the events of that day.

A certain little girl...... Carrying a person out of the water one by one, that picture, so that there are all kinds of strange rumors in Dinghai County, saying that there is a powerful water lady next to the Lord of Yinghai, who can pull out the human head alive.

Such a ...... It's really reassuring.

However, the blank still said: "Then, I'll accompany the fish." ”

Freehand glanced at her: "You are the one who can't be raised, so I don't dare to let you accompany you." ”

Blank suddenly grabbed Freehand's arm and began to shake.

Freehand closed the tableware cabinet with one hand, dragged the blank space to his own room in the east wing next door, lit the lamp, and then said: "The little officials spoil us, we should do our duty even more, you are like this now, the little officials will not be like this, but in the future, the little officials will always marry a wife, at that time, no matter how rude you are, you will have to suffer a lot." ”

Liubai was still holding his freehand arm and coquettish, but he was stunned when he heard the words, and only whispered after a while: "At that time...... Really...... I, I'm dead, and I'm not angry. ”

Freehand immediately raised his hand and hit it, looking at Liubai's shrinking head but not convinced, sighed, and said: "You are clean when you die, what about your mother, what about your brother, and besides, if you have a child in the future, you will keep him alone?" ”

Blank space was stunned again.

After a while, Bai Bai whispered again: "Little official...... Present, Present ......"

Freehand understood what she was talking about.

is a petty official, obviously, he doesn't want children at the moment.

However, Freehand is also understanding, and said: "Little official...... I don't know why, but I can perceive it. Moreover, petty officials are still young after all. ”

Blank was in a hurry, and muttered in a small voice: "We're not small." ”

Freehand laughed and said, "Isn't there a chapter in those books that the little officials have been writing these days, and it is most appropriate to say that they are twenty to thirty years old." ”

Blank mouth said: "I don't believe it." ”

The other knowledge of his own petty officials is believed in and even worshipped.

That's it......

If this is the case, why have men and women married and had children early for thousands of years?

Liubai still remembers a story, forgetting that it was recorded in the idle book that the great poet Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty, because he had no children, his wife took concubines for him, all of whom entered the door at the age of 14, and gave birth before they were 18 years old.

Look, it's 14 to 18 years old.

However, whether it is himself or freehand, it has already passed eighteen.

It's sad to think about it.

Writing opinions on her appearance, knowing that this girl is awkward, she can't understand the truth she has identified, so she can only give up and push her: "That's it, you go and write a log with the little official." ”

Liubai nodded, and his eyes widened again: "What about you?" ”

Freehand didn't answer, just pushed her out of the door.

When Liubai entered the main house, he called Lin Xiaoyu out again, went to the back photo room together, found the mountains and rivers, and took the two girls to the front yard with the expressions of some other girls.

I had already instructed the servants in the inverted room outside to boil hot water.

Take Cheng Shanshan and Lu Shuishui to the bathhouse of the South House first.

The servant woman had already prepared the hot water for the two large bathtubs, and watched the two girls step into the bathtubs, and asked the servant to put away their original clothes, and went to the storeroom next door, and picked out two new sets of clothes, as well as a pair of jewelry.

After thinking about it, he cut another piece of white silk.

The two women, freehand is clear about their details, including Cheng Shanshan, who said that she had no name before, of course she knew that there was, but she didn't hear it, and she still pulled the blank space to prevent her from poking it.

Petty officials have a little fun, so why bother?

Therefore, I also know some other things, including that one of them is still a daughter's family, and the other is married.

After picking out clothes and jewelry, the two girls also quickly bathed.

Freehand called Nuan Niang to come over and help dress up.

Nuan Niang's identity, freehand private also understood, in short, is a knowledgeable, but always used to hide and hide, the little official asked her to help Luo Shui paint, deliberately painting is not good, Luo Shui saw it, and talked to her, but a few girls did not break it in front of the little officials.

It's better not to fight.

After dressing up the two girls, he took them to the main house, first sent them to the east bedroom, told them to wait patiently, and went out of the house by themselves, and then came to the study on the west side.

】

Zhu Yuan has already written today's diary.

Mainly some ideas on the side of the fish baking workshop today, about the industrial chain.

Zhu Yuan felt that not only fishery, but also agriculture, the prosperity of surrounding industries, such as the manufacture of agricultural tools, and by extension, the iron and steel industry involved behind the manufacture of agricultural tools, as well as the imperial court must take the initiative to innovate agricultural tools, better hoes, rakes, and plows, etc., etc., can also improve the productivity of agriculture.

This may also be a kind of 'pulling a hair and moving the whole body'.

As for the fishery, it is more vivid and obvious, the fishery does not need to sow seeds, does not need to fertilize, does not need to build water conservancy, at least, for the time being, these are not needed, because it is equivalent to directly harvesting the 'fruit', so the only way to improve fishery productivity is to work hard at the level of the tools for harvesting the 'fruit'.

The better the tool, the more you will gain.

Until some limit in the future.

However, at least in the next ten years, or even twenty or thirty years, this limit will not be reached.

And then there's one more thing.

About the imperial examination.

Speaking of which, Lao Zhu asked Zhongshu to prepare for the imperial examination last year, but until Zhu Yuan appeared, it was not specifically implemented.

Lao Zhu's emphasis on talents is well known and his mother is doubtful.

However, having learned about the imperial examination system of previous dynasties before, Lao Zhu probably instinctively felt that there was a problem in it, and the most direct point was that he felt that passing those exams and composing poems and scriptures could not actually get the talent he wanted.

I have to say that Lao Zhu's feeling is right.

Later, some people always came with their mouths open, saying that Lao Zhu let Liu Bowen create Baguwen, which led to the rigidity of the imperial examination system in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

It's.

In the Hongwu Dynasty, Lao Zhu has always paid little attention to the imperial examination, the reason is that, as a pragmatist, he always feels that there is a problem with the traditional imperial examination, and the selected talents are either pedantic or exaggerated, in short, they are not good at practice, so they are more inclined to recommend, and through Guozixue, they specialize in cultivating the talents they want.

The rigidity of the imperial examination system in the Ming and Qing dynasties began in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

The appearance of Zhu Yuan opened Lao Zhu's mind, so he decided to start the imperial examination several years in advance.

Things have been decided in the near future.

The first imperial examination is intended to be held in September.

Lao Zhu has already issued an edict for officials from various prefectures and counties to nominate talents to rush to Jinling to take the exam.

Or a push.

At present, there is no selection system for the assessment of each level and upwards, and the scholars from all over the country, either actively or passively, are approved by the local chief officials and confirmed that they are knowledgeable, and they are issued with vouchers and sent to Jinling.

Then, it's about what to test.

Lao Zhu opened his mind because of Zhu Yuan, and had some of his own ideas, but he was still not very specific, so he recently sent a letter asking his baby twenty-third grandson to help with the staff officer.

Zhu Yuan's thinking is very clear.

It doesn't matter what you test.

Even, this imperial examination is not important.

What is important is the further cultivation of talents after the examination.

Zhu Yuan is also a pragmatist, so this exam, in Zhu Yuan's view, should actually be used as a primary election.

What the Ming Dynasty needs most at the moment is literate people.

That's right, literacy.

Of course, if it is really just literacy, it must not be given too high official qualities.

Recently, it has been concluded that although there are various rules and regulations, there are only two core points.

The first one, the rite.

Traditional Confucianism must be examined.

Zhu Yuan does not have the idea that some people will want to overthrow all the traditions in the next few hundred years.

For example, one, filial piety.

I remember that there was an idea that foreigners do not have the concept of filial piety to their parents, and their children will live independently when they grow up, and their parents will not ask for anything, and they will go to nursing homes by themselves when they are old. Therefore, it is also wrong for the Chinese to advocate filial piety, it is feudal dross, and it should be abandoned.

Otherwise, why is the foreign country strong?

Because strong, everything is right.

Because of weakness, everything is wrong.

Not to mention whether this is the truth or not, Zhu Yuan's attitude towards this is that the person who can say these arguments must have no father or mother.

In short, etiquette must not be abolished.

The second is practical learning.

The current scholars will take the initiative to involve this kind of thing, and there are certainly not many, and Zhu Yuan's suggestion is to send the "Mathematical Foundation" in advance.

At the very least, math must be tested.

And according to the new mathematics given by Zhu Yuan.

If you are not willing to actively accept new learning, it is just right, and you don't have to think about the dragon gate.

Then, in the future, talents will be selected, and then according to the list of books provided by Zhu Yuan at the beginning, or various textbooks that have been compiled recently, the selected students will be trained for at least one year, and then given official positions according to the specific situation.

There is also the question of age.

There are three things about unfilial piety in Yuli, Ah Yi is obedient, trapped in injustice, and one is not filial; The family is poor and old, not for Lu Shi, and the second is not filial; Don't marry and have no children, never worship ancestors, and don't be filial.

This is the traditional 'unfilial piety has three'.

Zhu Yuan attaches more importance to the 'no queen is the greatest', but the other one, 'the family is poor and the elderly, not for the Lu Shi', therefore, this time, there must not be an old boy who is still taking exams at the age of sixty or seventy.

Since there is also the saying of 'standing at thirty', Zhu Yuan gave an upper age limit for the imperial examination, which is 30 years old.

Of course, this is after that.

At present, the new dynasty is just beginning, there is a great demand for talents, and there is no restriction on age for the time being, but the rules must be set up as early as possible.